Radiocarbon dating of mid-Holocene megaflood deposits in the Jökulsá á Fjöllum, north Iceland

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 605-609

  Kirkbride, Martin P ^a   Dugmore, Andrew J ^b   Brazier, Vanessa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iceland; J kulhlaups; Megafloods; Mid Holocene; Radiocarbon dating; Slackwater sediment

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; FLOOD DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TEPHRA;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; JOKULSA A FJOLLUM; VATNAJOKULL;

BETULA;

EID: 33746015913     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683606hl956rr     Document Type: Article

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